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FIRE Happy Hour in Chicago Tomorrow!
A reminder to all of FIRE's Chicago friends: FIRE will be co-hosting a happy hour tomorrow evening in Chicago with The Heartland Institute and America's Future Foundation. Join us at The Kerryman from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to meet fellow liberty lovers and mingle with FIRE staff! You can find the event details here and on our Facebook page. If you plan to attend, please e-mail bridget@thefire.org. We hope to see you there!
Recent Articles
FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.

Supreme Court case upholding age-verification for online adult content newly references 'partially protected speech,' gives it lesser First Amendment scrutiny
In FSC v. Paxton, the Court lowers First Amendment protections for adult sites, upholding Texas’ age-verification law and coining a new category — “partially protected speech.”

All that glitters is not gold: A brief history of efforts to rebrand social media censorship
Lawmakers are rebranding online speech regulations as child safety or consumer protection, but the First Amendment isn’t fooled. This piece unpacks the censorship hiding behind the spin.

Missouri governor signs legislation securing students’ rights to freely associate on campus
A new law protects campus groups’ freedom to set their own membership rules — affirming students don’t leave the First Amendment at the campus gate.

Purdue fails its own test on institutional neutrality
Purdue claimed neutrality — until a student paper challenged it. But pressuring the paper to change its name is not neutrality. It’s censorship.